[Dominick Ferone]

Originally Posted by Sperkowsky

Well for 1 its a totally different venue. NYC First had a lot of flexibility with the inordinate amount of space they had at Javits. The armory is significantly smaller so I am guessing they have less room to grow the regional.

And unless I am missing something I have not read anything bad about NYC First. The real problems came from the RPC's up north but I am sure there were reasons both FLR and TVR were on the same week so I am not going to jump to conclusions and act like they just blatantly messed up.

SBPLI from what I hear is working on a second regional on the island for 2018. That will help alleviate overcrowding and if FLR and TVR are on different weeks 2018 will run a lot smoother. Although despite it probably not affecting me fingers crossed NY goes districts for 2018.

I am not sure how true this is with SBPLI running two events. As it stands they are barely running as an organization last I checked. (albeit a few years have passed since I was heavily involved with Long Island.)
But back when I was in high school me and a few other students were working hard to gain more money for SBPLI to keep it afloat. I have heard from a few people in order for them to afford Hofstra, they are given a really discounted rate on the venue. I mean things could have changed in the past few years.

Also this is only the fourth year TVR has been around, so as much as it sucks that its the same week as FLR, I feel many teams understand the struggle or searching a bit for a second regional. Also back to back regionals while it is annoying isn't the worst thing ever. Many teams are already packed up and just need to possibly restock inventory for the next event, and the students can get both competitions out of the way quickly. (If they're lucky and it lands during a break they can possibly miss minimal amount of school.) With back to back you also can get a bit of a break, get packed for champs if you're attending and not really worry as much. Coming from a team that had done late week competitions, the season gets harder and harder as the weeks go on and with your first competition in one of the last weeks, you struggle.

When many teams have their first event late and others have already competed they can have a bit of an advantage.